Labor and Employment

• EBay to cut 1,000 jobs, will buy Bill Me Later
  AP (October 06, 2008)
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - EBay Inc. said on Monday it will cut about 1,000 employees, reducing its work force by about 10 percent.
   
  
• Unpaid Overtime and Mental Stress Rule Around the Globe
  PRNewswire (October 06, 2008)
  AMSTERDAM, October 6 /PRNewswire/ --
   
  
• Mitsubishi Motors North America Announces Ratification of UAW Collective Bargaining Agreement
  PRNewswire (October 04, 2008)
  NORMAL, Ill., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) today announced that UAW Local 2488 members have ratified an agreement that dramatically improves the ability of the company's Normal, Illinois assembly plant to be a key player in the global success of Mitsubishi Motors.
   
  
• Registered Nurses at UW Medical Center Reach Tentative Agreement With Hospital That Maintains Patient Safety
  PRNewswire (October 04, 2008)
  SEATTLE, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a mediation session that lasted well into the night, Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA), representing more than 1,200 nurses at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC), reached a tentative agreement with hospital administration. Key issues were resolved surrounding patient safety and nursing recruitment and retention, paving the
   
  
• Employers cut 159,000 jobs, most in over 5 years
  AP (October 03, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department says employers slashed payrolls by 159,000 in September, the most in more than five years. It was a worrisome sign that the economy is hurtling toward a deep recession.
   
  
• Bancolombia S.A. Announces That It Has Signed a New Collective Bargaining Agreement
  PRNewswire (October 03, 2008)
  MEDELLIN, Colombia, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At a meeting held yesterday, Bancolombia S.A. ("Bancolombia") and the unions Uneb and Sintrabancol, agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement (the "Agreement"). The Agreement will have a term of three (3) years, beginning on November 1, 2008. Approximately 71% of Bancolombia's employees will be covered by the Agree
   
  
• Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao on September employment numbers
  PRNewswire (October 03, 2008)
  WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao issued the following statement on the September employment situation report released today:
   
  
• Hoffa Expresses Solidarity With Sugarcane Workers in Colombia
  PRNewswire (October 03, 2008)
  Teamsters Leader Says State Department Should Monitor Situation
   
  
• Hoffa Urges Congress to Pass Stimulus That Helps Unemployed, Adds Jobs
  PRNewswire (October 03, 2008)
  
   
  
• Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the September Employment Report
  PRNewswire (October 03, 2008)
  WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the September Employment Report:
   
  
• UBS to cut 2,000 jobs at its investment bank
  AP (October 03, 2008)
  ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss bank UBS AG will cut 2,000 jobs at its troubled investment banking unit, most of which will be lost in the U.S. and Britain, an official said.
   
  
• SEIU Members Say Voters Fearful About An Economy That Keeps Getting Worse
  PRNewswire (October 03, 2008)
  With Over 750,000 Jobs Lost To Date This Year, Latest Jobs Report Fuels Economic Anxiety, Desire For Change
   
  
• Anheuser-Busch / International Brotherhood of Teamsters Contract Negotiations Statement
  PRNewswire (October 03, 2008)
  CINCINNATI, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Company and Union representatives successfully concluded contract negotiations today and reached tentative agreement on all local, national and economic issues.
   
  
• SEIU Members Pound the Pavement For Votes, Have Registered Over 70,000 New Voters
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  
   
  
• Service Employees Union Blasts Rendell Hiring Freeze
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  Local 668 says freeze will hurt the citizens of Pennsylvania
   
  
• Wisconsin Paper Mill Workers Rallying at State Capitol to Save Kimberly Mill Jobs
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  KIMBERLY, Wis., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A mass rally will take place on the steps of the Wisconsin state capitol building Thursday, Oct. 2, organized by the United Steelworkers (USW) urging elected officials to get on board the campaign to save paper mill jobs and the communities they sustain in Wisconsin.
   
  
• Outsourcing aids many data thefts, Verizon says
  AP (October 02, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - The reliance of restaurant chains and retail stores on outside companies to handle credit-card processing and other information-technology functions is partly to blame for a rash of consumer data breaches over the last few years, according to data sleuths at Verizon Communications Inc.
   
  
• Trusteeship Hearing Set to Begin in Matter Involving United Long-Term Care Workers Local 6434
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  Former California Supreme Court Justice Joseph Grodin to Review Facts and Make Recommendation to International
   
  
• DHS Personnel System Derailed, Thanks to AFGE Push to Cut Funding
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  Agency nixes misguided MaxHR plan
   
  
• Congress Approves Rail Safety Bill: ACC Urges White House To Sign It Into Law
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Congress passed legislation (H.R. 2095) that combines important rail safety provisions with the reauthorization of Amtrak. The legislation now awaits President Bush's signature.
   
  
• Wash U. Worker Tells Candidates What Her Family Needs to Hear Tonight
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  
   
  
• November Ballot Referendum 1: Funding for Highways, Bridges, Mass Transit
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  WARWICK, R.I., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rhode Island ballot Referendum 1 this November will give voters the opportunity to approve $87.2 million in state transportation bonds. In combination with $436 million in federal matching funds over two years, the bonds will provide $523 million for necessary construction and repair of highways and bridges, and will also fund mass transit. Th
   
  
• Actors union moves closer to strike vote
  AP (October 02, 2008)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Screen Actors Guild's negotiating committee voted Wednesday to support a strike authorization vote, a tactic meant to break stalled contract talks with Hollywood studios.
   
  
• Teamster on Oak Harbor Freight Lines Picket Line Hit by Truck Driven by Replacement Worker
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  Police Charge Driver With Assault; Teamster Unhurt
   
  
• Stock losses take heavy toll on retirement savings
  AP (October 02, 2008)
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - So close and yet so far. It's a frustration being felt by Americans who thought the finish line to their working life was almost in sight.
   
  
• Frontier Airlines Reaches Tentative Long-Term Concession Agreement with Transportation Workers Union Leadership
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  DENVER, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Airlines today announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with one of its unions for long-term wage and benefit concessions. Leaders of the Transportation Workers Union (TWU), which represents the airline's dispatchers, agreed to wage and benefit concessions through September 2012. The agreement will be presented for ratification by the union
   
  
• IAM Ratifies Accord With Freight Railroads, Successfully Concluding Current Bargaining Round
  PRNewswire (October 02, 2008)
  
   
  
• Star-Ledger owner hopeful it can avoid closure
  AP (October 02, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - New Jersey's largest newspaper came one step closer toward averting a closure or sale as at least a quarter of its full-time nonunion employees applied for a buyout.
   
  
• Euro jobless rate climbs to 7.5 percent in August
  AP (October 01, 2008)
  BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The jobless rate in the 15 nations that share the euro climbed again in August to 7.5 percent as worries over European economic growth deepened, EU statistics agency said Wednesday.
   
  
• Starbucks settles NLRB complaint of fired barista
  AP (October 01, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks Corp. has settled a National Labor Relations Board complaint with an employee who said he was fired this summer for promoting union activity.
   
  
• Money not the motive for many to work until 67
  AP (October 01, 2008)
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For medical office manager Sue Stein, working past the typical retirement age was a choice she made because she's still having fun at her job and likes the lively banter with the young medical students around her.
   
  
• Volvo to cut 1,400 staff at European truck plants
  AP (September 30, 2008)
  STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Swedish truck and bus maker Volvo AB announced Tuesday it plans to lay off around 1,400 workers at truck plants in Belgium and Sweden to adjust to falling demand in the European market.
   
  
• Teamsters Extend Oak Harbor Freight Lines Strike to California and Nevada
  PRNewswire (September 30, 2008)
  Trucking Company Continues to Refuse to Bargain in Good Faith
   
  
• Norway to be key Microsoft search center
  AP (September 30, 2008)
  OSLO, Norway (AP) - Microsoft Corp. will use its $1.2 billion purchase of Oslo company Fast Search and Transfer ASA to form key, Norway-based research and development centers for its business search systems, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday.
   
  
• New SEIU Television Ad: Thelma Drake is 'Wrong for Veterans, Wrong For Virginia'
  PRNewswire (September 30, 2008)
  TV Ad Details Multiple Votes Against Quality Health Care for Veterans
   
  
• Japan's unemployment rises, spending falls
  AP (September 30, 2008)
  TOKYO (AP) - Japan got a triple dose of bad economic news Tuesday when numbers showed that family spending dropped sharply, the jobless rate rose to a two-year high and industrial production at the nation's vital manufacturers declined.
   
  
• U.S. Department of Labor issues union transparency final rule
  PRNewswire (September 30, 2008)
  Rule establishes Form T-1 for union trust reporting
   
  
• USW Outraged Schwarzenegger Vetoes Limit on 'Likely Carcinogen' in Food Packaging
  PRNewswire (September 30, 2008)
  PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) today condemned Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his failure to protect California citizens from PFOA, the Teflon chemical often found in food packaging, cookware, carpeting and countless other household and industrial uses.
   
  
• Kansas School Bus Workers Vote for Teamster Representation
  PRNewswire (September 29, 2008)
  First Student Drivers and Monitors in Lawrence Latest Group to Join Union Nationwide
   
  
• Sourcing Goods Globally Will Test a Company's Ethics
  PRNewswire (September 29, 2008)
  OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Sourcing products from global vendors opens up "grey" and "black" channels for goods. Recent headlines: "Slaves found in Chinese brick factories" and "China toy boss kills self after recall" by AP; "In China, bribers get off easy" by Los Angeles Times. Does global sourcing make you nervous?
   
  
• Stand Up for Main Street, SEIU Tells Senators
  PRNewswire (September 29, 2008)
  Leading Labor Union To Make 150,000 Calls This Week Urging Senate Action on Economic Stimulus
   
  
• Cincinnati School Bus Workers Join Teamsters Local 100
  PRNewswire (September 29, 2008)
  First Student Workers Unite for Improvements, Voice on the Job
   
  
• United Pilots: Glenn Tilton's Excessive Pay Package Must Go
  PRNewswire (September 29, 2008)
  CHICAGO, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pilots for United Airlines today demanded that the UAL Board of Directors cut the pay for its CEO, Glenn Tilton, as a reflection of concern and solidarity with passengers and employees who are being forced to tighten their belts.
   
  
• Prosecutor named to probe ouster of US attorneys
  AP (September 29, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed a prosecutor Monday to pursue possible criminal charges against Republicans who were involved in the controversial firings of U.S. attorneys.
   
  
• ABX Air Pilot Union Supports ATI Crewmembers in Strike Ballot Authorization
  PRNewswire (September 29, 2008)
  
   
  
• New Jersey Will Miss 'Green Collar' Jobs from Offshore Wind Unless NJ BPU Awards 350 MW Project to Fishermen's Energy
  PRNewswire (September 29, 2008)
  CAPE MAY, N.J., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week big happenings took place in renewable energy in the northeast. On September 25, the Governor of Rhode Island selected a company to plan and develop a 400 MW offshore wind farm for Rhode Island.
   
  
• Waste Management Workers Approve New Contract
  PRNewswire (September 28, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Management of Wisconsin employees represented by Teamsters Local 200 today voted to ratify a new labor agreement that a company official said is fair to employees, the company and its customers.
   
  
• Hearing Officer Secretary Ray Marshall to Set Additional Date(s) for United Healthcare Workers-West Trusteeship Hearing
  PRNewswire (September 28, 2008)
  SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to ensure a full and fair process, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall, the outside hearing officer in the proposed trusteeship of United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW-W), today announced that he will be issuing a notice of additional hearing date(s) in this matter since parties were unable to conclude their presentations over the ori
   
  
• Teamsters Vote for Offer From Waste Management, End Strike
  PRNewswire (September 28, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- "Today, our members voted for the latest offer from Waste Management by a 2-1 margin and officially ended their strike.
   
  
• UFCW Union Local #74D Enacts Work Stoppage at MGP Ingredients, Inc. Atchison, Kan., Plant
  PRNewswire (September 27, 2008)
  ATCHISON, Kan., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After rejecting a new two-year labor agreement for MGP Ingredients, Inc. , the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local #74D elected today to enact a work stoppage at the company's Atchison, Kan., plant effective at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The local is made up of 148 members.
   
  
• Pension Beneficiaries Revolt, Call on IL & PA Fund Trustees to Stop Gambling with Retirement Assets
  PRNewswire (September 26, 2008)
  Activists Challenge Pension Plan Trustees During their Monthly Meeting to Carry Out Fiduciary Duty by Holding Outside Fund Managers Accountable for Mistakes
   
  
• SEIU Members Offer John McCain 656 Billion Reasons to Participate in Tonight's Debate
  PRNewswire (September 26, 2008)
  
   
  
• HSBC to cut 1,100 jobs worldwide
  AP (September 26, 2008)
  HONG KONG (AP) - HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, is cutting 1,100 jobs worldwide in the wake of the financial turmoil, a spokesman said Friday.
   
  
• Federal Judge Orders Equitable Resources to Honor Contract with Workers
  PRNewswire (September 26, 2008)
  Union says that the legal victory is only the start of the fight for justice for workers at Equitable Resources
   
  
• Change to Win Leaders to Demand Worker Protection Plan on News Conference Call Today at 2:00 P.M. ET
  PRNewswire (September 26, 2008)
  
   
  
• Change to Win Demands Action on Main Street Concerns in Wall Street Bailout
  PRNewswire (September 26, 2008)
  
   
  
• Missouri School Bus Workers Vote Teamsters
  PRNewswire (September 26, 2008)
  First Student Workers Celebrate, Look Forward to Improving Working Conditions
   
  
• BYOC: Company gives workers unusual laptop leeway
  AP (September 25, 2008)
  MIAMI (AP) - In a nod to how finicky people have become about the gadgets they use, software company Citrix Systems Inc. is rolling out a new program for its workers: BYOC - Bring Your Own Computer.
   
  
• Jobless claims pushed to 7-year high
  AP (September 25, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to their highest level in seven years due to the impact of a slowing economy and Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
   
  
• Main Street Recovery Program
  PRNewswire (September 25, 2008)
  
   
  
• Young Woman's Racing Fuels NECA-IBEW Recruitment Efforts - Now on ElectricTV.net
  PRNewswire (September 25, 2008)
  BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- An interview with Alli Owens, one of the youngest women on the professional race car circuit today and the public face of NECA-IBEW's effort to recruit new entrants into the world of electrical workers, is among the features in the latest edition of ElectricTV.net. A joint production of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the Inte
   
  
• Mining company in cave-in fights worker comp claim
  AP (September 25, 2008)
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The mining company faulted by federal officials for a cave-in that killed six miners last year is fighting a worker's compensation claim filed by the family of one of the victims.
   
  
• Campaign for Fair Labor Standards for EaglePicher Workers Heats Up; Hundreds Sign Petitions Supporting Joplin Workers; Steelworkers Say Company Taking Advantage of Defense Contractor Status
  PRNewswire (September 24, 2008)
  JOPLIN, Mo., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that workers at EaglePicher Corp in Joplin facing forced changes in their labor agreement and big increases in the cost of family health insurance from new owners, gained important allies in the fight against corporate greed.
   
  
• W. Va. Supreme Court hears DuPont's appeal pitch
  AP (September 24, 2008)
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - At least one West Virginia Supreme Court justice wants to hear the appeal of a nearly $400 million judgment against DuPont Co. over health threats at a former zinc smelting plant.
   
  
• Nurses, Healthcare Workers Launch Massive Drive to Inform 1 Million Caregivers in Key States on Obama and McCain Healthcare Plans
  PRNewswire (September 24, 2008)
  
   
  
• Exec pay limits gain support as bailout questioned
  AP (September 24, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Executives whose companies get a piece of the $700 billion government bailout will have their pay packages strictly limited under proposals that are broadly supported by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
   
  
• Major Progressive and Labor Leaders Demand Conditions For Drastic Financial Bailout
  PRNewswire (September 24, 2008)
  Statement Tells Congress, "Don't Write President Bush a $700B Blank Check," Hundreds of Events to Be Held on Thursday Calling For Conditions
   
  
• Hanesbrands will close 9 plants, cut 8,100 jobs
  AP (September 24, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Apparel maker Hanesbrands Inc. said Wednesday it will close nine plants across five countries and cut about 12 percent of its work force as it restructures its operations in order to cut costs.
   
  
• Hearing Officer Secretary Ray Marshall Sets Process For United Healthcare Workers-West Trusteeship Hearing
  PRNewswire (September 24, 2008)
  
   
  
• Port Authority's Special Deal For JetBlue May Give Travelers The Blues
  PRNewswire (September 24, 2008)
  Workers and Community Leaders Demonstrate outside Port Authority Headquarters
   
  
• Midwest Pilots File Grievance Against Management's Plan to Outsource Jobs
  PRNewswire (September 23, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Midwest pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), today filed a grievance challenging the company's decision to sub-contract Midwest Airlines' flying to Republic Airways. Under the services agreement with Republic Airways Holdings, beginning October 1, all but nine of the airline's Boeing-717 aircraft will be replaced with
   
  
• Federal Labor Law Violations Provoke Teamster Strike at Oak Harbor
  PRNewswire (September 23, 2008)
  
   
  
• NAMIC Announces Record Attendance at 22nd Annual Conference
  PRNewswire (September 23, 2008)
  
   
  
• SEIU to Host Screening of Brave New Films' 'Diagnosis: Now!' at Washington HQ, 40+ House Parties Nationwide
  PRNewswire (September 23, 2008)
  
   
  
• Mass. court reinstates lawsuit against Wal-Mart
  AP (September 23, 2008)
  BOSTON (AP) - The highest court in Massachusetts has reinstated a lawsuit against Wal-Mart by employees who claim the world's largest retailer pressured them to work off the clock and denied them rest and meal breaks.
   
  
• New Hampshire First Student Victory Marks Milestone for Teamsters
  PRNewswire (September 22, 2008)
  
   
  
• Teamsters Overwhelmingly Reject Waste Management Offer
  PRNewswire (September 21, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Today, our members on strike against Waste Management overwhelmingly voted down the company's contract proposal.
   
  
• Waste Management Contract Off Table
  PRNewswire (September 21, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Management employees represented by Teamsters Local 200 today rejected the company's last, best and final contract offer, an outcome a spokeswoman said will force the company to pursue hiring permanent replacement workers in order to ensure continued service to its customers.
   
  
• Workers Get Vote on Waste Management Proposal Sunday
  PRNewswire (September 20, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters Local 200 officials have agreed to allow Waste Management of Wisconsin employees to vote Sunday on a last, best and final offer the company made Sept. 10, it was announced.
   
  
• Plant workers: Fairness at stake in prayer dispute
  AP (September 19, 2008)
  GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - Melissa Infante sat in her car smoking a cigarette, knowing she was supposed to be packaging meat at the JBS Swift & Co. plant where she's worked for nearly two years.
   
  
• Teamsters: Uribe, Go Home
  PRNewswire (September 19, 2008)
  Union Protests Colombian President's U.S. Visit To Lobby for Bad Trade Deal
   
  
• Statement by SEIU International President Andy Stern on Dual Impact of the Banking and Health Care Crises on Working Families
  PRNewswire (September 19, 2008)
  WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SEIU International President Andy Stern issued the following statement today regarding the combined impact of the banking crisis and rising health care costs on the nation's working families:
   
  
• Governor Rendell Says Effects of Weakening National Economy Showing Here as Jobs Decline, Unemployment Rises in August
  PRNewswire (September 19, 2008)
  Says Statewide Investments, Reduced Government Spending, Travel, Hiring Will Help Stabilize Budget, Economy
   
  
• Teamsters Reject Inadequate Waste Management Inc. Proposal
  PRNewswire (September 19, 2008)
  Official Statement of Teamsters Local 200 Secretary-Treasurer Tom Millonzi
   
  
• Union Sets Vote on Waste Management Contract
  PRNewswire (September 18, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Management of Wisconsin employees represented by Teamsters Local 200 will vote tomorrow on a new contract proposal that would boost worker wages and benefits and replace a failing pension plan, it was announced today.
   
  
• CtW Investment Group Opposes Election of Conflicted Cintas Director
  PRNewswire (September 18, 2008)
  WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The CtW Investment Group is urging shareholders of Cintas Corporation to vote against director nominee David Phillips at the company's October 14 annual meeting. In its September 18 letter to Cintas shareholders, CtW said Mr. Phillips' independence as a director has been comprised by a conflict of interest that Cintas failed to disclose to shareholders.
   
  
• New Studies Find Home Delivery Pharmacy Customers More Likely to Take Their Medicine and Choose Money-Saving Generic Drugs, According to Express Scripts
  PRNewswire (September 18, 2008)
  ST. LOUIS, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consumers are more likely to take their medications as directed and choose a money-saving generic drug when using a home delivery pharmacy instead of a retail pharmacy, according to results of two new studies from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts .
   
  
• U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards announces August criminal enforcement data
  PRNewswire (September 18, 2008)
  Agency obtained 8 convictions and 10 indictments during month
   
  
• Cement League Strenuously Objects to New Requirements of NYC Buildings Department for Crane Notice Applications
  PRNewswire (September 18, 2008)
  Onerous Provisions Will Shut Down City's Tower Crane Industry, Throw Thousands Out of Work, Industry Asserts
   
  
• OSHA to issue proposed cranes and derricks construction standard
  PRNewswire (September 18, 2008)
  WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced that a proposed rule for cranes and derricks in construction will be published shortly in the Federal Register.
   
  
• Members Sue National SEIU Officers
  PRNewswire (September 18, 2008)
  
   
  
• Jobless claims rise due to Hurricane Gustav
  AP (September 18, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - New applications for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week due to the impact of Hurricane Gustav, the government said Thursday.
   
  
• Trucks Lead the Way to a Cleaner Future
  PRNewswire (September 17, 2008)
  ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The below op-ed from Tommy Hodges, Chairman of Titan Transfer, Inc., is available for immediate publication and distribution. Titan is headquartered in Shelbyville, Tennessee:
   
  
• SEIU Trustee Files Charges Against Local 6434 President
  PRNewswire (September 17, 2008)
  
   
  
• Waste Management Presses for Action on Contract Offer
  PRNewswire (September 17, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Management of Wisconsin has set a deadline of 4 p.m. Sunday for Teamsters Local Union 200 to act on the company's Sept. 10 contract offer, a move Waste Management officials say they are making reluctantly after a week of inaction by union officials.
   
  
• Steelworkers Laud Allegheny Technologies' Strategic Investment; Commitment to Western Pennsylvania Manufacturing
  PRNewswire (September 17, 2008)
  PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) hailed today's announcement by Allegheny Technologies (ATI) to invest more than $1 billion in its Flat-Rolled Products segment.
   
  
• UPS Freight Workers in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Sign Cards to Become Teamsters
  PRNewswire (September 17, 2008)
  In Latest Victories, About 660 Drivers, Dockworkers Will Join Teamsters
   
  
• Mill Workers, Allies to Rally at Halsey Plant Gate on September 21
  PRNewswire (September 17, 2008)
  Protesting wage, benefits reduction under ownership of investment firm
   
  
• What are health insurance options after job loss?
  AP (September 16, 2008)
  (AP) - Q: I just lost my job. What are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance?
   
  
• Cook Co. Healthcare Workers File to Join with RNs in NNOC
  PRNewswire (September 16, 2008)
  CHICAGO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of Cook County healthcare workers Monday filed a formal petition with state officials seeking to affiliate with the Caregiver and Healthcare Employees Union (CHEU), an affiliate of the National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC)/California Nurses Association which already represents 1,800 Cook County Bureau of Health Services registered nurses.
   
  
• Pilots Blast Incompetence of DHL North America
  PRNewswire (September 16, 2008)
  Statement of Captain Dave Ross, President, Teamsters Local 1224
   
  
• Pilots: There's More Than Meets the Eye to the DHL/UPS Proposal
  PRNewswire (September 16, 2008)
  Agreement would cut 10,000 jobs and slash competition; pilots ask for careful scrutiny from Congress and the Dept. of Justice
   
  
• Iowa meat co. fights unionization at NY warehouse
  AP (September 15, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - A kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa that was the target of a sweeping immigration raid this year is not the only venue where the plant's owners are locked in a fight over undocumented workers.
   
  
• Steelworkers From Kimberly, WI to Rally at NewPage Headquarters
  PRNewswire (September 15, 2008)
  Workers traveling 11 hours to demand 'Run Our Mill or Sell It!'
   
  
• Teamsters Fully Support Steps to Save Interstate Bakeries
  PRNewswire (September 15, 2008)
  Financial Framework May Allow IBC to Exit Bankruptcy
   
  
• United Pilots to CEO: Stop Taxing Our Passengers
  PRNewswire (September 15, 2008)
  CHICAGO, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pilots for United Airlines said today that they strongly oppose the airline's plan to double the fee it charges passengers for checking a second bag, which essentially raises taxes on passengers at a time when a stimulus is needed.
   
  
• Registered Nurses at UW Medical Center Hold Candlelight Vigil to Highlight Concerns for Quality and Safe Patient Care
  PRNewswire (September 14, 2008)
  SEATTLE, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA), representing more than 1,200 nurses at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC), held a candlelight vigil to demonstrate the nurses' concerns for safe patient care over stalled contract negotiations. The last mediation session is scheduled on September 15th. The outstanding issues include:
   
  
• Detroit Goodfellows' Tribute Breakfast to Honor UAW's Ron Gettelfinger
  PRNewswire (September 12, 2008)
  DETROIT, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, October 24, the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit will honor United Auto Workers (UAW) President Ron Gettelfinger at its 19th annual Tribute Breakfast at Detroit's Cobo Center. Gettelfinger will receive the charity's Edward H. McNamara Goodfellow of the Year Award at the 8 AM event. Among previous recipients of the award are Judge Damon Keith
   
  
• Saint Mary's Reno RNs Win Landmark Nevada Pact
  PRNewswire (September 12, 2008)
  RENO, Nev., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Registered nurses at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno won a groundbreaking tentative agreement with hospital officials early this morning on their first-ever collective bargaining pact that sets a new Nevada standard for patient safety protections and enhanced conditions for RNs.
   
  
• Chrysler to offer more workers buyouts, retirement
  AP (September 12, 2008)
  WARREN, Mich. (AP) - Chrysler LLC says it will make another round of early retirement and buyout offers to factory workers in the Detroit area.
   
  
• Keep Buyout Firms, Taxpayers out of the Lehman Mess
  PRNewswire (September 12, 2008)
  WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement of Stephen Lerner, Director of SEIU's Behind the Buyouts Campaign:
   
  
• Navy begins awarding death benefits electronically
  AP (September 12, 2008)
  SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Navy has followed the other military services by awarding death benefits electronically after a controversy erupted when a grieving father of a dead sailor was mistakenly jailed on fraudulent check charges.
   
  
• Obama Rallies Machinists in Florida
  PRNewswire (September 12, 2008)
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke today via two-way satellite to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), gathered in Florida for their national convention. The Machinists Union endorsed the Obama-Biden ticket earlier this week.
   
  
• NXP Semiconductors to cut 4,500 staff
  AP (September 12, 2008)
  AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - NXP Semiconductors BV said Friday it will close or sell four plants and cut 4,500 jobs.
   
  
• Colo. plant and Somali workers fight over prayer
  AP (September 12, 2008)
  DENVER (AP) - Tensions have flared between Somali workers and officials at a Colorado meatpacking plant over when employees can break for prayer during the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
   
  
• Alaska Airlines Pilots Worry Furloughs Will Limit Company's Ability to Respond to Market Opportunities
  PRNewswire (September 12, 2008)
  
   
  
• Teamsters Oppose Frontier's Attempts to Subcontract Maintenance Work
  PRNewswire (September 11, 2008)
  Company Has Failed To Demonstrate Need
   
  
• FDA hires 1,300 new doctors and scientists
  AP (September 11, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration has recently hired more than 1,300 professional staffers in a move that officials hope will help it better protect the public health amid rapid technological and scientific change.
   
  
• Many CEOs see more pink slips ahead
  AP (September 11, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly one-third of the country's top executives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months as companies cope with a weakened economy dogged by housing, credit and financial problems.
   
  
• Pilot Negotiators Reach Tentative Agreement with American Eagle
  PRNewswire (September 11, 2008)
  EULESS, Texas, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Negotiators for the American Eagle pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), today reached a tentative agreement (TA) with management in the final amendment round of their 16-year contract. The agreement contains improvements to work rule and quality of life provisions for the 2,800-plus pilots at American Eagle, while
   
  
• ALPA Authorizes $2 Million from Union's 'War Chest' to Midwest Airlines Pilots to Fight Management's Outsourcing Plan
  PRNewswire (September 11, 2008)
  
   
  
• Nation's Largest Union Calls on Pension Boards to Stop Risking Retiree Pension Money, Launch Effort at Wisconsin Pension Board Meeting
  PRNewswire (September 11, 2008)
  MADISON, Wis., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Activists picketed outside the State of Wisconsin Board of Investment (SWIB), calling on the board to stop risking state workers' pension fund money during the fund's monthly meeting here Wednesday, Sept. 10. The protestors are targeting pension fund involvement in a Lazard-affiliated fund which owns Atria Senior Living, one of the largest senior living
   
  
• AP source: Ford says it wants 4,200 fewer workers
  AP (September 11, 2008)
  DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. has said that it wants to cut its blue-collar work force by another 4,200 employees, according to a person briefed on a presentation to union officials.
   
  
• Trade deficit surges, jobless claims remain high
  AP (September 11, 2008)
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit soared in July to the highest level in 16 months as oil imports hit an all-time high, offsetting strong export growth.
   
  
• Proxy Voting Advisor Recommends FedEx Shareholders Vote for Teamsters' Independent Chairman Proposal
  PRNewswire (September 11, 2008)
  RiskMetrics-ISS Concerned Over Lack of Independent Leadership
   
  
• Employees Gain Benefits, Wages in Waste Management Plan
  PRNewswire (September 10, 2008)
  MILWAUKEE, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Management of Wisconsin today proposed a new five-year contract with Teamsters Local 200 that would significantly boost employee wages and benefits while freeing the company from long-term liability for an ailing Teamster-led pension plan, company officials say.
   
  
• Teamsters Union Supports Postponement of Tanker Contract Competition
  PRNewswire (September 10, 2008)
  Union Calls for Military Contract to be Rewarded to Domestic Company in 2009
   
  
• USW Names New General Counsel
  PRNewswire (September 10, 2008)
  PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers today announced the appointment of veteran labor attorney Richard J. Brean as the union's General Counsel.
   
  
• Teamsters Receive Waste Management's 'Last, Best and Final Offer'
  PRNewswire (September 10, 2008)
  
   
  
• U. S. Steel and Its U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. Subsidiary Announce Ratification of New Collective Bargaining Agreements By United Steelworkers-Represented Employees
  PRNewswire (September 10, 2008)
  PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United States Steel Corporation and its U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. subsidiary today announced that its United Steelworkers-represented employees have ratified new four-year collective bargaining agreements. One agreement covers approximately 16,000 employees at U. S. Steel's domestic flat-rolled and iron ore mining facilities as well as
   
  
• Pilots: DHL/UPS Proposal is 'One Bad Deal'
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  Agreement would cut 10,000 jobs, slash competition, and harm economy
   
  
• U.S. Department of Labor grants $2 million to Newark, N.J., to build on successes under President's Prisoner Re-entry Initiative
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  City will be national learning platform that attracts other areas' interest and ideas
   
  
• Mandatory Labor Law Posters Now Cheaper with mystateposters.com
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  SUNRISE, Fla., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Labor law posters are mandatory for most U.S. businesses, but frequent changes in state and federal laws make staying up to date expensive. Mystateposters.com is making it cheaper to have the right posters, and much easier to know exactly what each business needs.
   
  
• LA County puts taco truck battle on front burner
  AP (September 09, 2008)
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California's taco truck war continued to sizzle as county officials asked a judge to reinstate a law he threw out last month that had forced truck operators to move every hour or face the threat of jail.
   
  
• Lengthy Boeing strike could harm US exports
  AP (September 09, 2008)
  SEATTLE (AP) - If the Boeing strike drags on for more than three months, there could be long-lasting harm to the country's exports, economists said.
   
  
• Analyst group: Some companies cutting IT spending
  AP (September 09, 2008)
  NEW YORK (AP) - Many large companies, especially those in the financial services, utilities and telecommunications industries, have cut their technology budgets this year because of the economic slowdown.
   
  
• Teamsters Praise House for Voting to Ban Unsafe Mexican Trucks
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  
   
  
• Janitors Strike Against Cleaning Contractor to Defend Civil Rights at Two General Growth Properties Malls
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  Protest activities directed against cleaning contractors at 20 General Growth Properties malls nationwide
   
  
• U.S. Department of Labor announces more than $22 million in aid to Louisiana for recovery from Hurricane Gustav
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $22,200,000 grant to the state of Louisiana to fund approximately 4,000 temporary jobs for cleanup and recovery efforts following Hurricane Gustav.
   
  
• Reynolds American to cut 570 jobs, realign brands
  AP (September 09, 2008)
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Reynolds American Inc. and its subsidiary R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said Tuesday they were cutting about 10 percent of their American work force as the company restructures its portfolio.
   
  
• Unions Launch National Talk Change at Work Week
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  America's Fastest Growing Labor Group to Blitz Worksites Nationwide
   
  
• Steelworkers Improve Wages, Pensions and Job Security in 4-year Contract with U.S. Steel
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  PITTSBURGH, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new 4-year labor agreement between the United Steelworkers (USW) and U.S. Steel covering some 16,000 union members at 14 locations has been ratified by the membership in a mail-in secret ballot vote of 10571 to 2670, concluded here today at the union's headquarters.
   
  
• Teamsters Urge House to Pass Bill Banning Unsafe Mexican Trucks
  PRNewswire (September 09, 2008)
  Vote Scheduled for Today on Bill to Stop Cross-Border Trucking Pilot Program